The Legend of Zelda, originally released as The Hyrule Fantasy: Legend of ZeldaThe Hyrule Fantasy: Zeruda no Densetsu in Japan, is a video game developed and published by Nintendo, and designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka.Set in the fantasy land of Hyrule, the plot centers on a boy named Link, the playable protagonist, who aims to collect the eight fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom in order to rescue Princess Zelda from the antagonist, Ganon